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Films with theme "Films about the labor movement", sorted by name
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In the Name of the Land (2019)
, 1h43Directed by Édouard Bergeon
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon, Rufus, Samir Guesmi, Marie-Christine Orry
En 1976, Pierre Jarjeau rentre du Wyoming à 25 ans pour rentrouver sa fiancée, Claire, et reprendre la ferme familiale.
The Great Resistance (2007)
, 1h15Directed by Denys Desjardins
Origin Quebec
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
In the 1930s, in the throes of the Great Depression, the government of Quebec relocated more than 80,000 citizens to found a new settlement in the virgin forests of Quebec’s Abitibi region. After enduring backbreaking work to clear the land, however, many left, seeking a better life in the city or as labourers for the large corporations that had come to exploit the North’s valuable resources. The Lalancette family, however, have persisted in forging their future on the land from one generation to the next, earning their keep from farming, and defying the constraints of globalization and the mining and forestry companies that control the area. Revisiting the heritage of Quebec filmmakers who documented Abitibi, following in the footsteps of Pierre Perrault, among others, this documentary traces a defining chapter of Quebec history and raises fundamental questions about regional development.
In the Land of Darkness (1912)
Directed by Victorin Jasset
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Marcel Vibert, Camille Bardou, Gilbert Dalleu, Renée Sylvaire
Une rivalité amoureuse s'installe entre des mineurs. En résulte une bagarre au fond de la mine, où une lampe se brise, provoquant un coup de grisou ...
Au temps des châtaignes (1966)
Directed by Jean-Michel Barjol
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur le monde paysan, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Actors Jean Négroni
Le témoignage d'un couple de paysans âgés vivant en Ardèche dans un village abandonné des hauts plateaux.
I Got Life! (2017)
, 1h29Directed by Blandine Lenoir
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement, La précarité
Actors Agnès Jaoui, Thibault de Montalembert, Pascale Arbillot, Sarah Suco, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Samir Guesmi
Aurore, 50 ans, divorcée, perd son travail, se prépare à devenir grand-mère et doit supporter les bouffées de chaleur dues à la ménopause... Heureusement, elle peut compter sur ses filles et sa meilleure amie...
The Night Clerk (2011)
Directed by Raphaël Jacoulot
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about families, Psychologie, Films about the labor movement
Actors Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Rottiers, Ludmila Mikaël, Sylvie Testud, Céline Sallette, Xavier Robic
Frédéric travaille dans un grand hôtel à la montagne. C'est l'hiver, il neige et un client disparaît.
Avec le sang des autres (1975)
, 52minutesDirected by Bruno Muel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Pierre Santini
La vie quotidienne et les conditions de travail des ouvriers à la chaîne de l'usine Peugeot de Sochaux dans les années 1970.
Work (1978)
, 1h31Directed by Souleymane Cissé
Origin Mali
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Balla Moussa Keïta
Balla Diarra gagne sa vie comme porteur. Balla Traoré, un jeune ingénieur pour lequel il a transporté des colis, le fait embaucher dans l'usine où il travaille. La place est stable mais les conditions de travail sont extrêmement dures. Le PDG, Makan Sissoko, se moque du sort de ses employés. L'ingénieur, révolté par l'attitude de son patron, décide d'organiser une réunion avec les ouvriers pour faire valoir leurs droits. Mais Sissoko le fait aussitôt enlever puis assassiner.
Backdraft (1991)
, 2h12Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland
Two firefighters of Engine 17 of the Chicago Fire Department, are brothers. Lt. Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey, the elder, is experienced, while Brian has labored under his brother's shadow all his life. He returns to firefighting after a number of other careers falter, though Stephen has doubts that Brian is fit to be a firefighter. As a child, Brian witnessed the death of their firefighting father, Dennis, when he accompanied him on a call.
Backdraft 2 (2019)
, 1h41Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Joe Anderson, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Mark Arnold, Alastair Mackenzie, Mark Arnold
Fils de Stephen McCaffrey, décédé lors d'une opération de sauvetage, Sean est désormais pompier comme son père défunt, à la 17ème caserne de Chicago, sous les ordres de son oncle Brian qu'il tient responsable de sa mort. Avec sa partenaire Maggie, il est chargé d'enquêter sur une série de brasiers criminels pouvant camoufler le plan de terroristes pyromanes internationaux...
Bananas!* (2009)
, 1h27Directed by Fredrik Gertten
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Au Nicaragua, les travailleurs paient un lourd tribut pour approvisionner le monde entier en bananes bon marché, et l'avocat Juan Dominguez compte bien les aider.
This Is My Country (1984)
, 1h48Directed by Lino Brocka
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Phillip Salvador, Gina Alajar, Carmi Martin, Raoul Aragon, Julio Diaz, Paquito Diaz
Arturo (Phillip Salvador) also known as Turing together with his wife Luz Manalastas (Gina Alajar) works in a printing press. Turing was later forced to ask for a raise from his boss after his wife became pregnant. Turing's boss aksed him to sign a waiver that he is not a member of any labor union. Shortly, his friends invited him to be part of a labor union that they are planning to form but Turing has no option but to refuse due to his waiver. Turing was badly treated and was called a traitor after refusing to join. The printing press later closed and Luz is unable to get discharged from the hospital where she is confined due to pending fees. Turing needs money to pay the hospital bill so Luz can finally get out from the hospital and turns into crime to acquire the money he needs.
Handsome Face (1972)
, 1h40Directed by Bernard Paul
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Luigi Diberti, Dominique Labourier, Catherine Allégret, Massimo Serato, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Jean Dasté
In a region in the east of France, Pierrette, (Dominique Labourier), a young mill worker devotes herself totally to her trade union activity even to the detriment of her private life. She has separated from her husband and left her child in the care of a relative. Two men enter into her life. She crosses first the path of an émigré Italian, nicknamed Beau Masque, (Luigi Diberti), a truck driver. Then, at the time of a dance organised by the French Communist Party, she makes the acquaintance of Philippe Letourneau (Jean-Claude Dauphin), the factory director. He is the young 'son of the family', pushed into the business by his parents who are majority shareholders. Though attracted to Philippe, Pierrette takes no action, not wanting to compromise her union activity. It is with Beau Masque that she begins a relationship. But a wave of redundancies, that the director does not control, is going to throw the protagonists towards a final drama.
Beijing Bicycle (2002)
, 1h53Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors 周迅 (Zhou Xun), Gao Yuanyuan
Guei (played by Cui Lin) is a seventeen-year-old country boy who came to Beijing to make a living. Along with a number of other boys from the country, Guei finds employment with a courier company, which assigns them brand-new bicycles for use in their deliveries. The company manager (Xie Jian) announces to them that since the bicycles do not yet belong to them, they will only earn twenty percent of the commission. But once they have made enough deliveries to earn the bicycles, their share will be raised to fifty percent. Within two months Guei has made enough to earn his bicycle. However, on the day that Guei is due to take over the ownership, the bicycle is stolen while he is picking up a document. The manager fires Guei for neglecting to deliver the package, but, upon the latter's pleas, agrees to take him back if he succeeds in recovering his bicycle.
, 1h16Directed by Manuel Pradal
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Children's films
Actors Jean Reno, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Hippolyte Girardot, Évelyne Buyle, Michelangelo Marchese
À première vue, rien ne distingue Benoît Brisefer (Léopold Huet), dix ans, des autres petits garçons de son âge. Pourtant, Benoît est doué d'une force étonnante! Tous les brigands qu'il croise sur son chemin en sont pour leurs frais. Mais hélas, personne n'est parfait… Dès qu'il s'enrhume, Benoît perd ses extraordinaires aptitudes physiques. Aussi n'enlève-t-il jamais l'écharpe de laine qu'il porte autour du cou ! Courageux et très volontaire, il n'hésite pas une seconde à passer à l'action pour défendre ses amis. Aussi, lorsque Poilonez (Jean Reno) - un escroc notoire - et sa bande de malfrats s'en prennent à M. Dussiflard (Gérard Jugnot), son ami chauffeur de taxi, Benoît met tout en œuvre pour déjouer leurs plans… Ensemble, ils vivront de nombreuses aventures qui les emmèneront notamment sur une île déserte où ils rencontreront Arsène Duval (Thierry Lhermitte), PDG d'une banque, qui vit tel un « Robinson Crusoé » ravi d'avoir quitté la civilisation.